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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1948
Page
16
The Amarillo Globe reports the Price PTA hosted a luncheon in the Old Tascosa room of the Herling Hotel with Countess Price as honor guest. She is the house guest of Mr and Mrs Jim Reynolds at 1600 Bowie while visiting Amarillo.
J. E. Sharp, 47, of Tulsa, was described as fairly good this morning at Northwest Texas Hospital after being injured Sunday night when struck by a butane propane truck on North East Eighth Avenue. Kenneth Jeffers has been elected president of the Matador softball league.
A Llano Estacado Council delegation led by President Lewis P. Fields will attend the Region 9 Regional Meet in Fort Worth. The three day program features talks for presidents district chairmen and committee members with Amory Houghton and Dr Elbert K Fretwell among speakers. attendees include leaders from Amarillo Dalhart Dumas Hereford and other towns.
A devoted patroness plans to tour local institutions before departing tomorrow, inspecting buildings with an eye for improved use of space. Friends describe her persistent pursuit of factual information about the organizations she supports and her readiness to suggest changes for better utilization.
Officials discuss reestablishment of junior college courses at Price College in Amarillo. The countess credits the school’s growth from two students to 125 this year, with 65 boarders from 10 states and a 10-member teaching staff. Fr. Steinlage and Fr. O'Brien recall early teaching roots dating to St. George's College and Sacred Heart Cathedral.
Mrs Miranda Scofield 73 died Sunday after noon at 611 A East Fifteen following a long illness. Funeral at First Church of the Nazarene at 4 PM with Rev J Frank Hamm officiating. Pallbearers are her grandsons Raymond Martin Leon Zinck Preddy Zinck E Yates Jr Glen Gibbs W L Gibbs. Survived by husband Matthew Scofield son W M Scofield five daughters and 18 grandchildren nine great grandchildren. Interment Llano Cemetery.
Graveside services were set for 2 pm at Memorial Park Cemetery for Gregory Duane Foster, 1 year old. Officiating will be Rev. T. Edgar Neal of San Jacinto Methodist Church. Pallbearers named as Alfred Allston, W. C. Perry, Howard Good Tich, Weldon Teague. Survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. Otho Foster and relatives. Arrangements by Blackburn-Shaw. Servants Take To Air Boston AP More domestic workers traveled by air between Boston and Europe last year per Harold R. Harris of American Overseas Airlines.
Jene Jordan, Amarillo resident for over 30 years and former Potter County assistant county attorney, announced Saturday his candidacy for Potter County Judge. A Navy veteran (1942 45) with a UT law degree, he has practiced since 1933 in state and federal courts and remains active in civic groups including the Church of Christ and the Maverick Club.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Fada Asbury age 60 were set for 3 PM at First Christian Church with Dr Roy C Snodgrass officiating. She died Saturday night at St Anthony’s Hospital after a two month illness. She was wife of Hugh Asbury and Amarillo resident 40 years. She belonged to First Christian Eastern Star and Daughters of the American Revolution. Surviving: husband a daughter a twin sister a granddaughter and a nephew. Burial at Cemetery under Boxwell Brothers direction.
Funeral services for Mrs. Emily A. Davidson, 77, will be held at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Catholic Church in Denison. The body will arrive in Denison this afternoon and lie in state at Blackburn Shaw. She died Sunday night at her son John Davidson’s home, 3303 Polk. Widow of W. A. Davidson, Amarillo lawyer and former partner of Judges W. C. Boyce and J. W. Veale. She was a Sacred Heart Cathedral member. Surviving relatives include her son, a grandson John Wiley Davidson, and sister Mrs. C. J. Corcoran of Denison.
A chaotic local listings page lists Paramount features with Walter Pidgeon and Deborah Kerr and cartoons, followed by a Call Northside 777 entry with Ames Stewart and Richard Conte. Esquire advertises Heaven Only Knows with Brian Donlevy and others, plus Popeye and Donald Duck cartoons. Rialto and other theaters show Mr Mages Steps Out, Brick Bradford, and a slate of nightly starts and late features with multiple timing bits.
Nightly dancing in the Panhandle club Victoria features the Bass Rogers orchestra Aviatrix and Tony Ross vocalist as well as Dick Mt. Orchestra and the Week and Boys. Carlton Scales leads nightly dance shows with rotating bands including Pappy Parsons on some nights. Rip Ramsar and his Texas Wangeroes perform as a feature audience draws each night.
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